Apr 30, 2025 | Challenges In Adoption, Parenting
Winds whistled around the house and gusts whipped our trees surrounding it. These gusty 40-50 miles per hour winds have become common where we live and frequently cause damage to large trees in our yard, with medium- and small-sized branches being blown off the trees....
Mar 30, 2025 | Challenges In Adoption, God's Adoption of His Children, Parenting
Spring is the time for birds to return. Not only does their flight gather our fancy, but the realization of how many different kinds there are. Since they cannot hibernate, they must seek warmer climates during the winter. But spring brings the promise of new life...
Feb 27, 2025 | God's Adoption of His Children, Parenting
From the outset, our intention was to use adoption as a means of growing a family. But what did that mean? A set of meaningful relationships, or a set of traditions, or just having children to prove that we were normal parents? There is some similar confusion about...
Jan 30, 2025 | Challenges In Adoption, God's Adoption of His Children, Parenting
We started our adoption journey for the same reason that many people do—we were unable to conceive naturally. We had studied the Scriptures on this, and felt that it was up to God to open up a woman’s womb if He wanted her to give birth to a child. While there were...
Dec 30, 2024 | Challenges In Adoption, Parenting
Twas the day after Christmas, and the tree which had recently looked so regal now stood barren. Ornaments removed, the Christmas tree was as bare as the trees that had shed their leaves outside of our house. It was time to haul the tree away to the recyclers....
Nov 29, 2024 | Challenges In Adoption, Parenting
This year has been the season for hurricanes. With little warning or time for preparation, they arrive on land with fierce winds and rain. The voracious force of these storms consumes everything in their path. This can be like our adopted children, especially when...
Oct 30, 2024 | God's Adoption of His Children
Recently the project to replace streets in our housing subdivision got underway on our street. The first step was the demolition of the old street and the removal of the debris. Breaking up concrete is a noisy and dirty process, with no picture of what our future...
Sep 27, 2024 | Challenges In Adoption, God's Adoption of His Children, Parenting
We might call it “getting even,” but siblings have a form of rivalry where one child feels the right to extract something from the others when they feel violated. It may start with sharing of toys, but rapidly progresses to other forms of payback (such as getting a...
Aug 30, 2024 | Challenges In Adoption, Parenting
In spring and summer weeds pop up all over our yard. It is a never-ending battle with nature to keep these pesky plants from taking root in our flowerbeds. Each rain we get causes more of them to appear in areas we have just cleared. As a Christian, I can point to the...
Jul 31, 2024 | Children's Adaptation, Parenting
The start of fifth grade was a milestone for our two sons. They started attending a new school, adjusting to new friends and a new teacher. The teacher had taught fifth grade for many years, and mastered the art of getting to know each pupil and motivating them to...
Marcellus George and his loving wife are the adoptive parents of (now adult) twin sons. He is the author of numerous articles and devotions, has a Ph.D. in theology... Read More